At 10:43 2016-01-29, Ted Roche <tedroche@gmail.com> wrote:

>Kent Beck's memorial is touching:

>

>https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/memories-of-ed-yourdon/1093421947357335

My favourite part is this paragraph:

The intimacy of his response to my first question gave me courage to

ask the question I really wanted to ask: "Why did you charge up the

hill carrying the Y2K flag? People are calling you Chicken Little.

Your reputation is gone." He replied that he hoped that would be the

outcome. If he did nothing, serious problems would ensue for

everyone. If he tried and succeeded (which he did), then his

reputation was a small price to pay. I was stunned. I had finally

built a reputation by that time and I couldn't imagine deliberately

sacrificing it.

and rather answers about Y2K as raised earlier in this thread.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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